“We’re dwelling in a time the place variety and inclusion is so necessary, and that is why I began this organisation [The Hamilton Commission] inside my very own sport,” Lewis stated in a September 2021 British Vogue interview. “I realised it is very related within the trend trade. A variety of younger manufacturers and designers haven’t got the identical alternatives, so that is what actually set me off.”
He continued, “The Met is the largest trend occasion of the yr, and for this theme, I wished to create one thing that was significant and would spark a dialog. In order that when folks see us all collectively, it should put these Black designers on the prime of individuals’s minds.”
